Keywords: Mathematics
Item 22629
William A. Moody, Brunswick, 1885
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 33918
Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1791 Location: Blue Hill Media: Pen and Ink and Watercolor on paper
Exhibit
Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.
Exhibit
Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec
"… School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers at sea. Good navigators produced good profits."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott
"… and was rewarded with a job as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in 1825 or 1826."
Lesson Plan
Portland History: Construction, Preservation and Restoration of the Portland Observatory
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
Included here are activities based in economics, mathematics, physics, social studies, civics and language arts. Students can debate the issues surrounding preservation and urban development as well as the changing value of money.
